Title

SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR

Employees

252

Agencies

2

Average Base Salary

$77,947.67

Total Payroll

$81,129,808.62

Agencies Using This Title

  1. DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION

    250 employees, $80,781,292.41 total payroll

  2. DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION

    2 employees, $348,516.21 total payroll

Pay Summary

Rows
1,118
Average total compensation
$72,566.91
First fiscal year
2014
Last fiscal year
2025

Top Earners By Year

Fiscal Year 2019

  1. TERESA NEAL

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $133,421.30

  2. ERSKINE FLEMING

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $127,495.45

  3. CHUCK F JOE

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $120,505.65

  4. WALTER T STRACK

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $119,509.11

  5. LAURENCE SCOTT

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $112,392.91

Fiscal Year 2018

  1. ERSKINE FLEMING

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $122,518.49

  2. WALTER T STRACK

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $121,396.18

  3. RACHEL PROZELLER

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $118,125.32

  4. JAMES A CHRISTO III

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $112,243.13

  5. MARK MCGUIGAN

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $110,975.12

Fiscal Year 2017

  1. ERSKINE FLEMING

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $127,779.88

  2. WALTER T STRACK

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $123,957.31

  3. CHUCK F JOE

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $112,207.79

  4. JAMES A CHRISTO III

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $111,631.69

  5. MARK MCGUIGAN

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $110,597.76

Fiscal Year 2016

  1. ERSKINE FLEMING

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $125,620.14

  2. WALTER T STRACK

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $118,223.63

  3. QI HONG MAGGIE XU

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $106,492.87

  4. CAROL THORNE-DEFREITA

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $99,206.20

  5. JAMES L LEWIS

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $98,910.09

Fiscal Year 2015

  1. ERSKINE FLEMING

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $115,535.61

  2. WALTER T STRACK

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $107,313.02

  3. JAMES A CHRISTO III

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $106,293.96

  4. CAROL THORNE-DEFREITA

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $104,727.37

  5. ANTHONY DELEO

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $104,260.10

Fiscal Year 2014

  1. WILLIAM G HOLLAND

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $98,681.05

  2. CAROL THORNE-DEFREITA

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $97,912.63

  3. PETER ZALESKI

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $95,944.23

  4. BRADLEY D HOWARD

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $95,684.30

  5. ROCHELLE CHESTER

    DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION • $94,364.15

Source and Caveats

Source for v1: NYC Open Data dataset k397-673e. Raw source rows are preserved as imported.

OT hours before FY2023 are not directly comparable to FY2023 and later because the source methodology changed. Some names, agencies, and other fields may be redacted in the source and are displayed as provided.